New Relic vs Continue

Side-by-side comparison to help you choose the best tool.

New Relic

freemium

4.3 / 5.0

New Relic is a full-stack observability platform offering APM, infrastructure monitoring, browser monitoring, and AI data through its New Relic AI assistant. Its 2023 pricing shift to a consumption model with a free tier made it significantly more accessible. New Relic AI allows engineers to ask natural language questions about their system health and get guided answers from their telemetry data.

Best for: Engineering teams wanting full-stack observability with an AI assistant at a lower entry price than Datadog or Dynatrace

Visit New Relic

Continue

free

4.4 / 5.0

Continue is an open-source AI coding assistant that connects any LLM to VS Code and JetBrains, enabling developers to customise their AI coding experience with any model - local or cloud. It provides autocomplete, chat, and edit modes, and supports integration with local models via Ollama. Continue is popular with developers who want full control over their AI coding setup without vendor lock-in.

Best for: Developers wanting full control over their AI coding assistant — choosing any LLM, including local models, with zero vendor lock-in

Visit Continue

Feature Comparison

Feature	New Relic	Continue
Pricing	freemium	free
Category	-	-
Rating	★★★★☆ 4.3	★★★★☆ 4.4
Best For	Engineering teams wanting full-stack observability with an AI assistant at a lower entry price than Datadog or Dynatrace	Developers wanting full control over their AI coding assistant — choosing any LLM, including local models, with zero vendor lock-in
Views	68	68

Pros & Cons — New Relic

Pros

Most accessible pricing in enterprise APM
New Relic AI makes telemetry accessible to non-experts
Single platform replacing multiple tools

Cons

Can get expensive above free tier data limits
AI features still maturing versus Dynatrace Davis

Pros & Cons — Continue

Pros

Completely free and open-source
Use any LLM including local models via Ollama
Full customisation and no vendor lock-in

Cons

More setup than Copilot or Codeium
Quality depends on LLM choice

Key Features — New Relic

New Relic AI natural language interface
Full-stack APM & infrastructure monitoring
Log management & analytics
Browser & mobile monitoring
Generous free tier (100GB/month)

Key Features — Continue

Open-source AI coding assistant
Any LLM support (cloud & local)
Ollama local model integration
VS Code & JetBrains plugins
Customisable context & prompts

Browse All Tools Best AI Tools